This selfhelp book is organised into two sections, the first of which describes the critical symptoms that are always associated with a separation. A self-analysis helps to establish the kind of separation it is – the ostrich type, the recrimination type, the Rumpelstiltskin type or the self-judging or victim type. Thoughts and feelings that rob one of inner strength, making the separation process even more difficult, are neutralised, little by little. In the book's second, practical section, the author presents 66 rituals to take leave of the past, to heal the wounded heart and activate inner sources of strength. These rituals help people undergoing a separation not only to confront their own feelings but also to support their creative interaction with healing inner powers.